Joslyn v. Downing
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Anneal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the North-bTivision of the Western District of Washington. The appellees were the coinplaiuant~ in a bill in equity which they brought ~o recover from the appellant money which had been held in trust for them ~y Howard Joslyn, their son, but which it was alleged had~ been lost to the ~pijellant by Howard Joslyn in a course of speculation on the rise and fall of the market prices of stock, grain, and produce during the…
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Anneal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the North-bTivision of the Western District of Washington. The appellees were the coinplaiuant~ in a bill in equity which they brought ~o recover from the appellant money which had been held in trust for them ~y Howard Joslyn, their son, but which it was alleged had~ been lost to the ~pijellant by Howard Joslyn in a course of speculation on the rise and fall of the market prices of stock, grain, and produce during the months of March and April, 1900. The money was the proceeds of the sale of certain lots in Seattle which had belonged to…
1Opinion of the Court
(~TLB~RT. Circuit Judge,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant's contentions, in the oreder in which we shall consider them, are first, that the transactions which it had with Howard Jolyn were legistimate business contract. The appellant is a corporation organized under the laws of Washington, and having its principal place of business at Seattle. Its defendant in the suit is an incer-poration of the same company under the same name, organized under the laws of Oregon, having its principal place of business at Portland The appellant had branch offices also…
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